Re: [PATCHv3] Documentation: dt-bindings: Add binding documentation for TI clkctrl clocks

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On 02/13, Tero Kristo wrote:
> On 24/01/17 00:17, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >Texas Instruments omap variant SoCs starting with omap4 have a clkctrl
> >clock controller instance for each interconnect target module. The clkctrl
> >controls functional and interface clocks for the module.
> >
> >The clkctrl clocks are currently handled by arch/arm/mach-omap2 hwmod code.
> >With this binding and a related clock device driver we can start moving the
> >clkctrl clock handling to live in drivers/clk/ti.
> >
> >Note that this binding allows keeping the clockdomain related parts out of
> >drivers/clock. The CLKCTCTRL and DYNAMICDEP registers can be handled by
> >a separate driver in drivers/soc/ti and genpd. If the clockdomain driver
> >needs to know it's clocks, we can just set the the clkctrl device
> >instances to be children of the related clockdomain device.
> >
> >Each clkctrl clock can have multiple optional gate clocks, and multiple
> >optional mux clocks. To represent this in device tree, it seems that
> >it is best done using four clock cells #clock-cells = <2> property.
> >
> >The reasons for using #clock-cells = <2> are:
> >
> >1. We need to specify the clkctrl offset from the instance base. Otherwise
> >   we end up with a large number of device tree nodes that need to be
> >   patched when new clocks are discovered in a clkctrl clock with minor
> >   hardware revision changes for example
> >
> >2. On omap5 CM_L3INIT_USB_HOST_HS_CLKCTRL has ten OPTFCLKEN bits. So we
> >   need to use a separate cell for optional gate clocks to avoid address
> >   space conflicts
> >
> >There is probably no need to list input clocks for each clkctrl clock
> >instance in the binding. If we want to add them, the standard clocks
> >binding can be used for that.
> >
> >For hardware reference, see omap4430 TRM "Table 3-1312. L4PER_CM2 Registers
> >Mapping Summary" for example. It shows one instance of a clkctrl clock
> >controller with multiple clkctrl registers.
> >
> >Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This binding works for me, so:
> 
> Acked-by: Tero Kristo <t-kristo@xxxxxx>
> 

This wasn't in the TI clk PR. Shall I merge this to clk-next?

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